Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

779 reviews

thesadcowboy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Grief, and Alcohol

szymek_w_rodawski's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Suicide, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Domestic abuse, and Homophobia

Minor: War and Racism

grapefruitjuice's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Minor: War, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Cancer, Dementia, Confinement, Death, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Animal death, and Classism

timewriter's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Beautifully written and something I needed to read and didn’t know I did. Life isn’t perfect but it’s not supposed to be and this book embodied that completely. From the characters trying their best to the writing the book had me laughing and crying. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide and Suicide attempt

thepeonyinink's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction

aggielexi's review against another edition

emotional reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I am so impressed by these characters. They are flawed, they are interesting, they seem well flushed out. It's goofy and sad at the same time because it's dealing with serious topics 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Gun violence, and Suicidal thoughts

lonelylooper's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Pregnancy, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Stalking, Blood, Homophobia, Xenophobia, Alcoholism, Terminal illness, Domestic abuse, and Drug abuse

zenzi2read's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

This book try to tell the line between annoying and amusing for its characters. For me it was just annoying. I normally enjoy quirky character driven mysteries. And I love locked mysteries. But I found these characters grading. I did not want to spend time with them at all and had to force myself to finish this book. I wish they made a few of the characters less quirky or more subdued. The book concept was good, but I wanted it to be shorter. Most of the book is pages and pages of dialogue. That means nothing because all of the characters talk too much and say very little. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt and Suicide

Minor: Drug abuse and Cancer

yvoot's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Suicide attempt

Minor: Addiction

nessreadsalot's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

This is a story about a bank robbery that never happened and the hostages caught up in the mayhem that ensues when the bank robber disappears and bumbling local detectives try to solve the case.

The cast of complicated characters was wonderful and I loved how we learned about their true selves as the story went on.
I wasn't a fan of the police interviews, I found them incredibly frustrating and repetitive to read although they may have been more enjoyable on audio. 

I loved this book and the dark comedy throughout the story. It took me from laughter to tears and back again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Grief